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cstanleytech

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3. I agree that building plants that are using even more energy to do this is stupid but I do wonder if

Reply to NNadir (Reply #2)

Sat May 23, 2020, 10:07 AM

May 2020

there might be a biological way to do it on a mass scale with some form of algae or something else like bacteria?
You know something they could say after extensive testing release into the ocean or would that not work?

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Basalts Turn Carbon into Stone for Permanent Storage [View all] Judi Lynn May 2020 OP

K&R. n/t ms liberty May 2020 #1

This kind of thinking has been the subject of research for decades. On scale, it will not work. NNadir May 2020 #2

I agree that building plants that are using even more energy to do this is stupid but I do wonder if cstanleytech May 2020 #3

The real issue is not how carbon dioxide is captured, but rather what one does with it... NNadir May 2020 #4

Of course, blue green algae Warpy May 2020 #5